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  Russia pushes for inspectors' return President Putin has said UN weapons inspectors must go back to Iraq as soon as possible
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| Oct.7 |
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Putin celebrating 50th birthday The president has been showered with gifts, ranging from children's postcards to a jewel-encrusted tsarist crown
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| Oct.10 |
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9 killed in explosion
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| Oct.11 |
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Putin balks at U.S. resolution Russian President has stopped short of offering backing to Tony Blair for tough new measures against Saddam Hussein
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Dozens missing in blast
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| Oct.18 |
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Governor killed. Police hunt assassin
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| Oct.19 |
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Man and machine chess ends in stalemate
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Explosion at McDonald's
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| Oct.23 |
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Chechen gunmen seize theater| Gunmen took more than 700 people hostage, threatening to kill some. They had mined portions of the building | |
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'Loud blast' at theatre A loud explosion has been heard at a theatre where Chechen rebels are holding up to 800 people hostage
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| Oct.24 |
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Theatre gunmen fire at escapees Chechen gunmen have fired bazookas at two women who escaped as medical personnel entered the building
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7 freed from theater Urgent negotiations are going on to try to secure the release of 75 foreign nationals
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| Oct.25 |
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Rebels threaten to kill hostages Chechens in a theatre have said they will begin shooting hostages if Moscow does not order the withdrawal of troops
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Russian troops storm theater 36 of the Chechen hostage-takers were killed preventing the explosion of the building. Some of the captors may have escaped
| During a sold out performance of Nord-Ost, 42 heavily armed Chechen militants took 850 hostages and demanded the withdrawal of Russian forces from Chechnya. 129 of the hostages, mainly children who overdosed on Fentanyl, were killed
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| Oct.26 |
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140 die in theatre siege climax
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Putin sorrow over hostage toll President has made a televised address to apologise to families of hostages killed. Putin praised the pre-dawn operation
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| Oct.27 |
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Gas killed all 115 hostages in raid| Hostages died of health problems stemming from the gas used to end the siege, Moscow's chief doctor said | |
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Siege gas mystery unresolved The authorities are under renewed pressure to provide details. A day of national mourning has been declared
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| Oct.28 |
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No deals with terrorists - Putin 'Russia will not reach any agreements with terrorists and will not yield to any sorts of blackmail'
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Anger grows over gas tactics| Calls are growing for an investigation into why doctors were not provided an antidote to the gas | |
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 US identifies deadly siege gas The sleep inducing substance was not a nerve gas, but an opiate which dulls the senses, the embassy said
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| Oct.29 |
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Siege gas 'was morphine spray' The Pentagon is quoting U.S. Embassy officials
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 Rebels down Russian helicopter 4 men were killed when a helicopter was shot down by Chechen rebels. Mi-8 helicopter was hit probably with a missile
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Tense vigil for survivors' relatives Relatives of hundreds of former hostages are still waiting for word on their condition. The first funerals were held
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Mass arrests follow siege Security forces have arrested 30 people, including several security officers, on suspicion of helping the Chechen rebels
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3-man crew blasts off to Space Station  A manned Soyuz rocket blasted off from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome
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| Oct.30 |
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Russia names siege gas| Health Minister says the gas was based on fentanyl, a potent opium-based narcotic used as an anaesthetic | |
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| Oct.31 |
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 Russia scolds N. Korea over nukes Russia has accused North Korea of being 'ambiguous' about its nuclear weapons programme
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Arrested with 18 pounds of mercury Police arrested S. Krymergeri, who is suspected of belonging to the gang of prominent Chechen warlord Basayev
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